MUI_01 Introduction to Museology and Museography

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Otakar Kirsch, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lucie Jagošová, DiS., PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Jiří Macháček, Ph.D.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Jana Přepechalová
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 10:00–11:40 K32
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of course students should be able to:
understand and explain special museological terminology and system of museology
understand special and common museum legislation
work with special and literature
acquaiting students with ethics of museum's work
Learning outcomes
- to know and apply basic terminology of museology and litherature - to describe the structure of museology, its personalities and training centres in the Czech Republic and abroad - to summarize the key professional organisations in museum work
Syllabus
  • 1) Role of museology in the system of science, relationship to fundamental scientific disciplines, the subject of museology, metodology, system of museology. 2) Basic museological concepts – the foreign representatives. 3) Basic museological concepts – the representatives of Czech lands. 4) Museography (Applied Museology) I. – selection and tesauration. 5) Museography (Applied Museology) II. – communication and presentation. 6) Museological literature – journals, dictionaries, bibliographies. 7) Museum – determination of the term and its individual concepts, the role and function of museum in the conteporary society. 8) Organizations of museums and museum professionals and museologists. 9) Tuition of museology in the Czech lands and foreign countries. 10) Museum ethics, the codes of ethics.
Literature
  • Field manual for museums. Paris 1970
  • Burcaw, G. Ellis: Introduction to Museum Work. 3rd ed. New York - Oxford, Altamira Press 1997
  • Sherman, Daniel J. - Rogoff, Irit: Museum Culture. London, Routledge 1994
  • Gluziňski, Wojciech: U podstaw muzeologii, Warszawa 1980
  • Profesní etický kodex ICOM. Praha 1994
  • Mensch, Peter van: Towards a methodology of museology. disertační práce. Zagreb 1995
  • Beneš, Josef: základy muzeologie. Opava, Slezská univerzita 1997
  • Hudson, Kenneth: Museums for the 1980's. A survey of world trends. Paris and London 1977
  • Giude to Museum Administrations. Europe. ICOM 1995
  • Zákony 122/2000 Sb.; 275/2000 Sb.; 483/2004 Sb.
  • Waidacher, Friedrich: Príručka všeobecnej muzeológie, Bratislava 1999
  • Riviére, Georges Henri: La Museographie. Paris 1989
  • Lapaire, Claude: Kleines Handbuch der Museumskunde. Bern und Stuttgart 1983
  • Neústupný, Jiří: Otázky dnešního muzejnictví. Praha 1950
  • Deloche, Bernard: Museologica. Contradiction el logique du musée. 2. vyd. Macon et Savigny-le-Temple 1989
  • Museum ethics. Editor Gary Edson. London 1997
  • Ambrose, Timothy - Paine, Crispin: Museum Basics. London, Routledge 1995
  • Maroevic, Ivo: Uvod do muzeologiju. Zagreb 1997
  • Žalman, Jiří a kol.: Příručka muzejníkova I. 1. vyd. Praha a Brno, AMGR - ICOM - MZM - MKCR 2002
  • ŽALMAN, Jiří. Příručka muzejníkova. Vyd. 1. Praha: Asociace muzeí a galerií České republiky, 2006, 135 s. ISBN 8086611191. info
  • GLASER, Jane R. and Artemis A. ZENETOU. Museums: a place to work : planning museum careers. London: Routledge, 1996, xvii, 302. ISBN 0-415-12256-2. info
  • Museum, media, message. Edited by Eilean Hooper-Greenhill. London: Routledge, 1995, xvi s. ISBN 0415116724. info
  • STRÁNSKÝ, Zbyněk. Úvod do studia muzeologie : určeno pro posluchače International Summer School of Museology - ISSOM. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1995, 114 s. ISBN 8021007036. info
  • EDSON, Gary and David DEAN. The handbook for museums. 1st publ. London: Routledge, 1994, xvi, 302. info
  • STRÁNSKÝ, Zbyněk. De museologia metateoretická studie k základům muzeologie jako vědy. 1992, 300 s. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
lectures, individual project, reading
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět si povinně zapisují posluchači prvního ročníku.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2019, recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/phil/autumn2019/MUI_01